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Festering is an English word with synonyms like humor or ichor. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Festering in a sentence

Festering | Fester | Festered | Festers

Festering meaning

The condition of something that festers.

Synonyms of Festering

suppuration humor body fluid bodily fluid liquid body substance sanies ichor purulence pus activity bodily function body process bodily process maturation humour

Using Festering

  • The main meaning on this page is: The condition of something that festers.
  • Useful related words include: suppuration, humor, body fluid, bodily fluid.
  • In the example corpus, festering often appears in combinations such as: the festering, festering in, as festering.

Context around Festering

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Festering

  • In this selection, "festering" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, long, nothingburger, form, swamp, domestic and wound stand out and add context to how "festering" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a form festering toxic animosity and about long festering trauma in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "festering" sits close to words such as abm, adsl and adua, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with festering

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Such a litany of festering problems may appear insuperable. (9 words)

His speech was in part intended to defend the war effort against festering domestic discontent. (15 words)

This helps identify any discrepancies early on and prevents any potential misunderstanding or resentment from festering. (16 words)

There to crew him for 10 days and having worked on a book on him for two years, I know he’s a smorgasbord of health issues: a fused vertebrae in his neck, Graves’ Disease, a festering toenail, a blocked femoral artery in his left leg. (46 words)

The tragedy is the prospect of a return to the sneering loathing, resentment of another "Moon Jae-in" a relic of a form festering toxic animosity directed at the people of Japan, at the expense of regional peace and stability. (40 words)

Whilst all of the build-up has taken place, festering in the background are rumours of a £200m counter offer from Al-Ittihad for Mohamed Salah, having had a £150m bid rejected on Friday for the Egyptian talisman. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

But don’t let her calm veneer mask her true skill—liberating you from your festering swamp of seventy-five thousand four hundred and twelve unread J. Crew sales alerts and conspiracy rants from your uncle.

His speech was in part intended to defend the war effort against festering domestic discontent.

Instead of considering the religiosity of his time as a blessing, Isaiah saw it as a festering wound and a sacrilege before the Almighty.

Such a litany of festering problems may appear insuperable.

Things got particularly ugly in the summer of 2019, when long-festering tensions between the party’s moderate and liberal wings erupted on the House floor.

This helps identify any discrepancies early on and prevents any potential misunderstanding or resentment from festering.

Whilst all of the build-up has taken place, festering in the background are rumours of a £200m counter offer from Al-Ittihad for Mohamed Salah, having had a £150m bid rejected on Friday for the Egyptian talisman.

But turn around and the picture becomes less like an iconic postcard and more like a festering eyesore polluting the foreshore with graffiti, broken windows, putrid smelling rubbish and squatters.

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Currently identified as a festering crisis, the problem of illegal migration in the Bay’s waters has also deteriorated bilateral relations between the two countries.

France's festering political malaise has raised doubts about whether Mr Macron will complete his second presidential term, which ends in 2027.

Here’s hoping thar FitsNews does not keep this nothingburger festering as long as they did with the Murdaughs.

I’m not sure how to respond to this, if at all, but the bad feelings are still festering.

It’s no coincidence that the element that works best – Law’s gloriously monstrous Henry, with his putrid leg wound and his festering grievances – is the one that takes the boldest, most extravagant risks.

James Graham’s exceptional 2022 drama about long-festering trauma in a former Nottinghamshire mining community felt like a standalone story.

There to crew him for 10 days and having worked on a book on him for two years, I know he’s a smorgasbord of health issues: a fused vertebrae in his neck, Graves’ Disease, a festering toenail, a blocked femoral artery in his left leg.

The tragedy is the prospect of a return to the sneering loathing, resentment of another "Moon Jae-in" a relic of a form festering toxic animosity directed at the people of Japan, at the expense of regional peace and stability.

Given that there is already plenty of festering resentment about migrants in general, I say that it would take a brave politician to call for a vast increase in spending on new arrivals.

His actions over 3-1/2 years to destroy the elected President is a festering disease that has not been addressed.

In an open letter to Nadda, Amarinder called for collective will and statesmanship to resolve the “festering imbroglio”.

More likely, however, is a festering but contained rivalry between the United States and China that remains below the threshold of major war but is regularly punctuated by proxy conflicts, especially in cyberspace.

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Common combinations with festering

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "festering" in a sentence?
An example: "But don’t let her calm veneer mask her true skill—liberating you from your festering swamp of seventy-five thousand four hundred and twelve unread J. Crew sales alerts and conspiracy rants from your uncle." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "festering" from authentic English texts.
What does "festering" mean?
Festering means: The condition of something that festers.
What are synonyms of "festering"?
Common synonyms of "festering" include: suppuration, humor, body fluid, bodily fluid, liquid body substance, sanies, ichor, purulence. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "festering" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "festering", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.